Stock-watering apparatus.



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ALFRED RALSTN, 01? WEEPING WATER, EBRASKA.

STOCK-WATIERNG APPARATUS.

Lisanne.

v Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented st. 19, 1915.

Application led February 27, 1915'. Serial No. 10,99.-

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, ALFRED RALs'roN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Weeping Water, in the county of Cass and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Stock-*Watering Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for use in watering live stock, one of its objects being to provide a troughhaving means connected thereto whereby whenan animal approaches the trough for the purpose of drinking, a supplyor1 Water will be directed. rautomatically intol the trough and the level of the Water in said trough will be main-- tained practically constant, practically all of thewater leaving the ftiough and draining back to the supply tankwhen the animal leaves the trough.`

A'urther object is to combine means with the apparatus, whereby thevvater will be i kept at a uniform temperature, thus to prevent freezing,

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description parting from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown. in said drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the apparatus constituting the present invention, only a portion 'of the supply tank being shown and said portion being illus trated. in section. Fig. 2 is a View partly in front elevation and partly in section of the apparatus Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the apparatus, the supply tank being broken away. sels an enlarged transverse section'through the water pipe used ,in connection with the apparatus. Fig. 5 is a view similar" to F ig. land showing a modiied pipe connection.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference l designates suitable supports in which pipe sections 2 and 3 are mounted for rotation, these sections being connected by a trough i under which is arranged 4a depending bracket 5 carrying a heater 6. This heater can be in the forni of an oil lamp. A tilt-able platform 7 is iXedly connected, ad-

jacent its center, to the pipe sections @and Y 3, this platform being vnormally positioned with one end slightly elevated 1 as shown particularly in Fig. 3. Thus it Will be seen that when said endis depressed, as by an animal 'stepping on the platform, the pipe sections 2 and 3 Willbe givenaslight rotation, the trough 4 moving Witlithem.

A supply tank 8 islocated adjacent `the' supports l and may be covered-With dirt, manure, or any other protecting material indicated generally at l9, one wall of this supply vtank or reservoir 8 being formed with a bushing 10 in Whichta pipe 11 is mounted for rotation, said. pipe 11 being coupled, as at12, to the viously it' preferred, pipe 11. andfsection 3 can be made in one the'coupling 12.

piece, thus eliminating pipe section-.3. 0b-

Pipe 11 projects any desired-distance into f the tank or reservoir- 8 and is'provided at its inner end with a "l` 13 froinpwhich pro-V jects an upwardly extending vent pipe' 14 .opening through the top of the tank or reservoir 8 and through thev material covering *said reservoir. A bushing 15 is arranged in one arm of the 'l' andmounted for rotation in this bushing is a pipe 16. One end of this pipe is connected to the bottoinjportion of the trough 4 and that portion of the pipe extending beyond the pipe l1 and the bushing 15 is preferably bent at right angles, thus to, form an arm 17 as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The free end of the arm 17.

opens into a receptacle 18 the top of which is provided with an opening 19 and this opening is adapted to be closed by a iioat valve 20. Pipe 16 is provided with a longitudinal partition 21' as shown in Fig. 4, this partition extending throughout the length of the pipe so thatv two passages are thus provided in the pipe, an upper passage 22 and ya lower passage 23. It' preferred, in lieu of providing` a pipe oi the special construction described, two superposed pipes 23 may be used as shown in Fig. 5.

The platform`7 is so mounted .that it is normally overbalanced as shown in Fig. 3, this being due to the fact that that portion of the platform extending in one direction from the pivot of the platform is heavier iio voir or tank 8 een he nertly illed with Waiter :ind this Water will enter the receptacle l until the level of the water within this; i l,

eepteole raises the valve 20 against its see. 'pir on hut also p toi-ined by the AWall orf operng l@ whereeeetion f5 to here e eli rotation relitti upon the further supply of Weiter to the re-- the-'pire l eeptnole 18 Will he cnt oft'. Willen the i'e- ,lt is; to he imderetood of eonree that the 'I eeptziele ILS is in its normatposition it is .in g5* nature herein described can he in: y.

e. horizontal plane extending along: or A s to enit different .finde o l@ slightl)7 Lq .bove the bottoni of the trough etoile'. 'furtierinore, il" ilesired,'tlie 'on As pipe 16 Will also be full of Water, it will forni 'iet' he diepeneed with and the ein.

be apparent that when the heater "e light- 17 can also he rione away with, the' reeel ed, the hot "products ot combustion 'will florv cle S heilig' nlnoeo. zit the end ot' the pli zilongtlie pipe 3 to the Vent l/t and thUS and in communication with Ypipe lll.

35 reise the temperature of the weteii'eonteined this torni the water een loe Supplier' eo...

in the pip@ S0 tllilt ily CI'CUliliOl lllugll tinuouel'v to the troiigglr YVarious o the pipes, lthe receptacle i8., and over the changes een likewise be mede, the emile Ybottom of the trougl'l l Will b Set Uil ing; in the eeooe ot the claims forming e in the Seme tirne the Water contained in. 0f ghi@ gpfgciieatoo il 1li 20 tank or reservoir S will be kept heated. lil'hm is; Claimed i; llhen an aniinel approaches the trough l. The combination with a. supply tnfnlf' to drink *from it, it innst rst place its ol? e, tronrfh. :i tiltzi'ble platform ndjzieentt1 Weight on the elevated end of thepletlorm trongh.- e pipe discharging; into the trough, 7J any suitable ineens, such es e tene F seid Dlnttorni eonstitutingmeans tor remt .25 being provided for preventing the animal ing` the pine. one end portion ot the i e@ troni stepping on the other or heavier end being; extended. radially to eonetitnL en e of the platform. lll-hen the lighter end of within the tank, e, recenti ele carried hy' tr l.. the platform is depressed,A the trough il is :arm and haring; en inleteend e valve Within not only slightly tilted lout the pipe 1.6 is ".lie receptacle tor Closing; the inlet. rotated so as to cause the erin li( to swing," rlhe combination with e. tank, of 5g,

upwardly, thus eleveting the reeeptacle 1S tronfvli, e pipe moneted for rotation so that the Water Contained therein will he c'!..;eher;rin;' into the trough, said pipe Ifree to tlow into the trough il. This elevaing n radial, arm med et one end th tion of the receptacle 1S, however; is not e reeenteele carried by seid erm and e 35 such as will bring it above the trough Il lint mimicetino; therethrough with the tro mamy t0 approximately the Sum@ 19V@ will reeeptmzle having; :in inlet fleet if the top or the trough. Therefore the water toreloeing the inl-etthe Seid receptacle le contained in lthe receptacle will grevitete submerged within the @entente oli the into the trough but' will not overflow it. Ae and normallyY located ,below the level oi.

40 soon :is the level ot the Water in the 'letronehfend stock operated ineens 'for Vated 'receptacle lf3 and the I'Ugl TSQS ing;` the pipe to reise the erin. end ree-e t0 :L Certain plane, the float ValVe 2G Will br-)vol th@ Ogliom (yf the trough t@ Sui,

shut oil the Supply of Weiter to receptacle 18 fhg, Tough fwn-1 gib@ ggneptfgwg,

Sli tendev suDhly. However, the silPDlff edmitted will. v and having an inl mg the inlet .Seial never he enough to cause trough I mi@ to. Y,

. i l 1 1, I i. v overflow. its Soon :is the e. el leerer, mi if, 1 med 18310, gli

plattform 7, seid pletter-ni will grmwitete 'to 'f r; thel'irw, its initial position, thus. sensing the f ya@ 195mg Y parte to return to their. initizilfposi 'el -1 y@ any Wetereontained in.` the trono,"

tend to lievi hoek into the reeepteele Should any Water he left inthe l n will 3 y will'helgept 'wenn refieonlot the r'eft 'il .Y Y jp@ 10mm-35i fmig Water will ,eirculr te in t finer here die@ ml-ng im@ ib-'L9 pm-1gb? @Re .f s was heretofore pointed y arm endurer: an inlet in the top @ling 12 een oe die. lient valve in the receptacle for t and the Qi'pes en. inlet, seid receptacle heine; noi

einen@ however, it would he Leo f i plane oit the he g; Mie e level or the hotte;

. he contents of" cation with the conductors, said receptacle having an inlet, a oat Valve Within the receptacle `for* closing the inlet, said reeeptaele being normally located belowfthe plane of the bottom of the trough-and being Y oonstantly submerged by the contents of the i tank, e heater below the trough, means for' conveying hot products of oombnstionfrom the heater and alongthe conductors 'anfluzo throughv the tank, and stock operated means -l for rotating the Conductors to elevate thel receptacle above the plane of the bottom of the trough.

n testimony that claim the foregoing 25 rlsmy own, I have hereto ailixecl my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED RALSTON. -Witnessesz i' H. D. REED,- E. B. TAYLOR. 

